Exodus · Chapter 38

[ edit] And he made þe auter of brent ſacrifyce of þe trees of Sichym, of fyue cubitis bi ſquare, and of þree in heiȝt; whoſe hornes ȝeden out of þe corners; and he couerde it wiþ braſun plates. And he greiþide into þe vſes of it dyuerſe veſſels of braſſe, cawdrowns, toonges, fleſhhokes, hokes, and fier pannes. And þe gredyrne of it in manere of a nett he made braſun, and vnder it in myddil of þe auter a fier panne. Foure ryngis ȝotun, be ſo feele heiȝtes of þe netwiſe gredyrne, to þe berynge ſtaues to be put yn, for to bere; þe whiche and hem he made of þe trees of Sichym, and he couerde wiþ braſun plates. And he ladde yn cercles, þe whiche ſtoden ouer in þe ſides of þe auteer.

And þilk auter was not maſſye, but holwȝ of tabled þingis, and wiþ ynne voyde. And he made a braſun lauatorye, wiþ his foot, of þe ſhewers of wymmen, þe whiche wacchiden in þe porche of þe tabernacle. And þe porche, in whos ſowþe cooſt weren þe tentis of bijs folden aȝen of an hundrid cubites, twenti braſun pilers wiþ her feet, þe heedes of þe pilers and al þe grauyng of þe werk ſiluer; euen at þe norþ cooſt þe tentis, pilers, and feet, and þe heedes of pilers weren of þe ſame meſure and of werk and of metal. In þat forſoþe cooſt þe which biholdeþ þe weſt, weren tentis of fifti cubites, ten pilers wiþ her feet braſun, and þe heedes of þe pilers, and al þe grauyng of þe werk, ſilueren.

Forſoþe aȝen þe eſt he greiþide tentis of fifti cubites, of þe whiche o ſide helde fiftene cubites of þree pilers wiþ his feet; and in þat oþer party, for bitwix eiþer he made þe entre of þe tabernacle, weren þe tentis euen of fiftene cubites, þre pilers, and ſo feele feete. Alle þe tentis of þe porche bijs folden aȝen hadde couerde. Þe feet of þe pilers weren braſun, þe heedes forſoþe of hem wiþ alle her grauyngis ſilueren; but and þilk pilers of þe porche he cloþide wiþ ſiluer.

And in þe entre of it he made a tent wiþ nedle werk, of iacynct, and purpur, and reed clooþ, and of bijs folden aȝen, þe whiche hadde twenti cubites in lengþe, þe heiȝt forſoþe was of fyue cubitis, aftir þe meſure þat alle þe tentis of þe porche hadden. Þe pilers forſoþe in þe comyng ynne weren foure, wiþ braſun feete, and þe heedes of hem, and þe grauynges ſilueren; þe litil ſtakis forſoþe of þe tabernacle and of þe porche by enuyroun he made braſun. Þes ben þe inſtrumentis of þe tabernacle of witneſſyng, þat ben noumbred out after þe heeſtis of Moyſes in þe ſerymonyes of Leuytis, by þe hoond of Yþamer, ſone of Aaron, preeſt.

Þe whiche þingis Beſeleel, þe ſone of Hury, þe ſone of Hur, of þe lynage of Juda, þe Lord bi Moyſes comaundynge, hadde fulfillid; ioyned to hym a felawe, Ooliab, þe ſone of Achiſamech, of þe lynage of Dan, þe which and he was a noble crafti man of trees, and a browdrer, and a worcher wiþ nedlis, of iacynct, and purpur, reed clooþ, and bijs. Al þe gold þat was ſpendid in þe werk of þe ſeyntuarye, and þat was offerd in ȝiftis, was of twenti and nyne talentis, and of ſeuen hundrid and þretti ſiclis, at þe meſure of þe ſeyntuarie. Þere was forſoþe offerd of hem þat camen to þe noumbre, fro twenti ȝeer and aboue, of ſix hundrid þre þowſynd and of fyue hundrid and fifti men of aarmes.

Þere weren forþermore an hundryd talentes of ſiluer, of þe which ben ȝotun þe footſtakis of þe ſeyntuarye, and of þe entre, where þe veyle hongiþ; an hundred footſtakis ben maad of an hundrid talentes, eche talentis countid bi eche footſtakis. Of a þowſynd forſoþe and ſeuen hundrid and ſeuenti and fyue ſicles he made þe heedes of þe pilers, þe whiche and hem he cloþide wiþ ſiluer. Of braſſe forſoþe þere weren offred talentis ſeuenti and two þowſynd, and foure hundrid ouermore ſicles.

Of þe whiche ben ȝoten footſtakis in þe entre of þe tabernacle of witneſſyng, and a braſun auter wiþ his fier panne, and alle þe veſſels þat perteyneden to þe vſe of it, and þe footſtakis of þe porche, as wel in þe enuyroun as in þe comyng yn of it, and litle ſtakis of þe tabernacle, and of þe porche al aboute.